2014 Sidecarcross World Championship

The 2014 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 35th edition of the competition, started on 13 April and finished after ten Grand Prix weekends on 21 September 2014.

[3] The pair defended their title while the Dutch-Latvian combination of Etienne Bax and Kaspars Stupelis finished runners-up for the third consecutive time.

[4][5] The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition.

Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars do not lean.

The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out.

No Grands Prix were initially added or removed from the calendar in comparison to the 2013 season but Germany, which held three events in 2013, had this number reduced to two.

[1][8] An eleventh Grand Prix, to be held in Belgium was cancelled because of severe weather shortly before being staged.

A twelfth Grand Prix, scheduled to be held in Ukraine on 18 May, was cancelled because of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war before the start of the season.

The riders placed seventh and eighth remained in reserve should one of the qualified teams be unable to participate.

[10] The calendar for the 2014 season:[1] The top ten teams in the final standings were:[4] Parallel to the riders championship, a manufacturers competition was also held.

Sidecarcross passenger in action
Ten time World Champion Daniël Willemsen in action in 2009.